Jazz Birthdays, Mar. 21 – 27

Jazz birthdays this week include:

Mar. 21:

Sir Charles Thompson (1918),

Amina Claudine Myers (1942),

Tiger Okoshi (1950)
Mar. 22:

Mike Westbrook (1936),

Hugo Rasmussen (1941),

George Benson (1943),

Bob Mover (1952),

Jan Lundgren (1966)
Mar. 23:

Johnny Guarnieri (1917-1985),

Dave Frishberg (1933),

Dave Pike (1938),

Gerry Hemingway (1955)
Mar. 24:

Steve Kuhn (1938),

Paul McCandless (1947),

Hank Roberts (1955),

Renee Rosnes (1962),

Dave Douglas (1963)
Mar. 25:

Sweet Emma Barrett (1897-1983),

Pete Johnson (1904-1967),

Paul Motian (1931),

Cecil Taylor (1933) (pictured),

Bobby Militello (1950),

Makoto Ozone (1961)
Mar. 26:

Flip Phillips (1915-2001),

Andy Hamilton (1918),

Jimmy Blanton (1921-1942),

Brew Moore (1924-1973),

Lew Tabackin (1940)
Mar. 27:

Pee Wee Russell (1906-1969),

Ben Webster (1909-1973),

Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990),

Harold Ashby (1925)

Originally Published March 21, 2004